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Former Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Mel Martinez addresses the delegates at the Republican National Convention at Madison Square Garden in New York on Sept. 2, 2004. (UPI Photo/Chris Corder)
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MIAMI, Oct. 2 (UPI) -- Former Miami Mayor Maurice Ferre says he will announce plans next week to run for the Democratic nomination for the U.S. Senate.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 25 (UPI) -- Former U.S. Sen. Mel Martinez, R-Fla., is the most recent lawmaker to resign and seek a new career in the world of lobbying, a lobbyist says.
TALLAHASSEE, Fla., Aug. 28 (UPI) -- Florida Gov. Charlie Crist said Friday U.S. Sen. Mel Martinez, R-Fla., will be replaced by former Crist adviser George LeMieux.
ORLANDO, Fla., Aug. 8 (UPI) -- U.S. Sen. Mel Martinez, R-Fla., says he's quitting Congress as soon as Florida Gov. Charlie Crist can appoint someone to replace him.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 (UPI) -- U.S. Sen. Mel Martinez will step down from his Florida Senate seat following an upcoming congressional recess, senior Republican sources said Friday.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 (UPI) -- The U.S. Senate voted 68-31 Thursday to confirm federal Judge Sonia Sotomayor as the first Hispanic on the U.S. Supreme Court.
LAS VEGAS, July 30 (UPI) -- U.S. Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev., says a bill he has proposed in the U.S. Congress targets bureaucratic attempts to limit the travel destinations of officials.
WASHINGTON, July 27 (UPI) -- Sen. Jim Bunning, R-Ky., citing a lack of funding, said he would not seek re-election in 2010.
WASHINGTON, July 18 (UPI) -- U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., says he will oppose Judge Sonia Sotomayor's bid to join the Supreme Court, even as other GOP lawmakers have endorsed her.
JACKSONVILLE, Fla., June 3 (UPI) -- U.S. Rep. Corrine Brown, D-Fla., says she is joining the race to succeed the retiring Mel Martinez as a U.S. senator from the state in 2010.
